1. PopulationTurkey

   Turkey: 42% fewer births than in 1981

   The peak was 1.53M births in 1981; in 2025, 895k. Fertility (1981–2025): 4.35 → 1.42 children per woman.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Turkey: lower fertility than France
• Turkey now has more people than Germany
• Turkey: once more natives lived abroad; now there are 2.3 times as many foreign-born residents
• Turkey: the birth rate at ages 15–19 is 8 times lower than in 1985
• Turkey: life expectancy at 65 exceeded Japan’s in 1960; now it is lower
• Turkey: internet calls became mainstream

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